Earth to Sunak, Come in Prime Minister: At some point Rishi Sunak is going to realise that most voters think he sounds delusional
As expected, the pomp, procession and pageantry of the Coronation last weekend likely allowed Rishi Sunak enough opportunity to evade too much scrutiny over the Conservative Local Elections apocalypse.
My article on it last week for those who missed it:
As a result of the Coronation, you’d be forgiven for thinking [for a time] that the Conservatives didn’t see a complete collapse in support in almost every area of England.
You’d also be forgiven for thinking that due to other events the Conservatives didn’t lose over 1,000 councillors.
If you were an alien considering visiting the UK and knew no better of events that you were witnessing in the UK, you’d probably think that Penny Mordaunt was our real head of state, and due to its curbs on free speech and protest that Britain was as an authoritarian junta moonlighting as a paragon of modern democracy.
Actually, if you were an alien - in particular the friendly ‘Close Encounters’ version of alien species considering visiting the UK - you’d probably keep well away. For some, including Lee Anderson, who took the attitude the if you didn’t support the monarchy then you should leave, I gather deterring unwanted visitors is the first step before you eventually turn on your own people, after all.
That, it seems, is the modern, post-2019 Conservative Party way.